Photos: Anti-American protests across the Middle East

A riot policeman passes a burning vehicle during clashes outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, early Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.

Hussein Talal
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A protester sets a tire on fire during clashes with police in front of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, early Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.Mohammed Abu Zaid
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Protesters clash with police in front of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, early Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.Mohammed Abu Zaid
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An Egyptian protester holds tear gas canisters fired during clashes between Egyptian police and protesters in front of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt ,Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.Ahmed Gomaa
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Yemeni protesters break a window of the U.S. Embassy during a protest about a film ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Dozens of protesters gather in front of the US Embassy in Sanaa to protest against the American film “The Innocence of Muslims” deemed blasphemous and Islamophobic.Hani Mohammed
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A Yemeni protester, center, destroys an American flag pulled down as other hold a banner in Arabic that reads, “any one but you God’s prophet” at the U.S. Embassy compound during a protest about a film ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Dozens of protesters gather in front of the US Embassy in Sanaa to protest against the American film “The Innocence of Muslims” deemed blasphemous and Islamophobic.Hani Mohammed
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Egyptian protesters burn tires as they clash with riot police, unseen, outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, early Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.Hussein Tallal
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Kashmiri Muslims shout slogans during a demonstration against the controversial film “Innocence of Muslims” in Srinagar on September 13, 2012. The controversial low budget film -- reportedly made by an Israeli-American which portrays Muslims as immoral and gratuitous -- sparked fury in Libya, where four Americans including the ambassador were killed on Tuesday when a mob attacked the US consulate in Benghazi, and has led to protests outside US missions in Morocco, Sudan, Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen.TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
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Yemeni protestors break a door of the U.S. Embassy during a protest about a film ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Dozens of protesters gather in front of the US Embassy in Sanaa to protest against the American film “The Innocence of Muslims” deemed blasphemous and Islamophobic.Hani Mohammed
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, mourners from the Dawa sect carry the coffin of one of nine Mauritanian Muslim preachers killed last week in neighboring Mali, as the nine bodies are transported from mosque to cemetery for burial, in the Riad neighborhood of Nouakchott, Mauritania. The nine were part of a group of 16 preachers who were traveling by truck from Mauritania to Mali for a religious conference. All 16 as well as their driver were gunned down by Malian soldiers at a checkpoint in the central Malian town of Diabaly. Early reports indicate that the long-bearded preachers were mistaken for the jihadists who took over Mali's north in April, imposing Shariah law and recently threatening to advance on Bamako, the Malian capital. (AP Photo)STR
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Arabs protesters wave Islamic flags in front of the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel,Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.Ariel Schalit
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A riot policeman passes burning vehicles during clashes outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, early Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.Hussein Tallal
/ AP

Yemeni protestors break a widow of the U.S. Embassy during a protest about a film ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Dozens of protesters gather in front of the US Embassy in Sanaa to protest against the American film “The Innocence of Muslims” deemed blasphemous and Islamophobic.Hani Mohammed
/ AP

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